I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far, and happy Halloween to those "celebrating!"
On the points & travel front, this week South African Airways faced a new round of financial issues, the FTC started investigating airlines over personalized pricing, United launched "basic" first class, Hyatt announced plans for its biggest-ever hotel in New York, Aircalin pulled back the curtain on its new A350, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog:
